Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Towana

#8,144 most common girls' name of all time · #13,624 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1940–1992

Rank among girls
#8,144
Rank overall
#13,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
801
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1971 #1,846
Best rank
#1,846 1971
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
194019601980

Towana first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 5 — 5 #13,658
1986 9 — 9 #7,299
1985 6 — 6 #9,603
1983 13 — 13 #5,247
1982 5 — 5 #10,880
1981 13 — 13 #5,363
1980 16 — 16 #4,596
1979 13 — 13 #5,202
1978 26 — 26 #3,045
1977 27 — 27 #2,950
1976 18 — 18 #3,734
1975 34 — 34 #2,378
1974 37 — 37 #2,197
1973 37 — 37 #2,152
1972 39 — 39 #2,045
1971 48 — 48 #1,846
1970 28 — 28 #2,619
1969 31 — 31 #2,335
1968 32 — 32 #2,150
1967 33 — 33 #2,068
1966 25 — 25 #2,441
1965 25 — 25 #2,446
1964 41 — 41 #1,854
1963 30 — 30 #2,201
1962 32 — 32 #2,101
1961 21 — 21 #2,724
1960 27 — 27 #2,286
1959 15 — 15 #3,206
1958 14 — 14 #3,338
1957 16 — 16 #3,004
1956 18 — 18 #2,803
1955 10 — 10 #3,987
1954 17 — 17 #2,763
1953 5 — 5 #6,181
1952 5 — 5 #6,081
1951 8 — 8 #4,297
1950 6 — 6 #5,148
1949 6 — 6 #5,104
1945 5 — 5 #5,124
1940 5 — 5 #5,024